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Finally Gone, Yet Finally Listening: Anna Bligh Quits Parliament
Queensland’s Labor government, led by Anna Bligh, was spectacularly obliterated at yesterday’s state election; today, in breach of a promise, Bligh — whilst I was at 40,000 feet, returning to...
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Election Pendulum — 2012 Queensland State Election Results
I have compiled a preliminary pendulum for the recent Queensland state election; I have no idea what this will look like until I hit “post”! Suffice to say, I’m still learning the functionalities of...
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Back In The Saddle
Having found myself in hospital a week and a half ago — and having stayed there for a week — it’s inevitable that The Red And The Blue has been, well, an inactive place for the past couple of weeks. A...
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Queensland State Election: Final Wrap
I was waiting until the seats were declared, but recent events delayed this a couple of weeks longer; the historic Queensland state election of 2012 is now concluded, and I wanted to provide some...
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To See A One-Term Government, Look North Of The Tweed River
Shenanigans in Queensland in the LNP and its new-ish government are a one-way ticket to oblivion; if nothing changes, Labor is two years from a stunning return to power in the Sunshine State, and the...
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LNP Debacle: It’s Time For The Liberal Party To Claim Queensland
The cesspool into which Queensland’s LNP has descended is a complex ecosystem; populated by diverse organisms, its murky depths are the backdrop to an unedifying brawl over the spoils of power. There...
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Former Queensland Premier To Undergo Brain Surgery
Unpleasant news this evening; former Queensland Premier Wayne Goss will undergo surgery early next week to remove a malignant brain tumour; it is Goss’ third such operation in 16 years, and The Red And...
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Happy Easter, Prime Minister: More Signs Of The Belting Ahead
NOT that she’d appreciate it, but the Easter Bunny has left its little presents for Julia Gillard this weekend; a marginal seats poll by JWS Research shows Labor losing 24 seats, whilst Newspoll has...
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Memo Queenslanders: If Douglas Becomes Premier, Get Out Of Queensland
IT’S A DELUSION that keeps giving; fresh from the announcement his party will win 100 seats at the coming federal election, Clive Palmer’s state leader in Queensland says it’s a “realistic probability”...
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Cornered: Embattled ex-LNP MP Quits Queensland Parliament
THE RESIGNATION of former state LNP MP Scott Driscoll from his seat of Redcliffe is a welcome development in a saga that has dragged on for too long; faced with expulsion from Parliament and a...
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Petulant Boor: Palmer Flirts With Oblivion In Queensland
IF CLIVE PALMER or his Palmer United Party henchmen ever win government in the Sunshine State, Queenslanders should run like hell to escape across the border as if something fat and nasty is after...
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Redcliffe By-Election: Could Have Been Better, Could Have Been Worse
WHICHEVER WAY you cut it, the by-election in the Queensland state seat of Redcliffe today could have been better and could have been worse; even so, a 16% swing to the ALP has seen former federal MP...
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Could Campbell Newman Lose Queensland In 2015?
A SLEW of poor opinion polls has conservatives in Queensland pondering what should be an unthinkable question: could the LNP, under Campbell Newman, lose office in Queensland next year? The proposition...
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Latest “Coup” By Clive Palmer No Bargain Deal
AMID SUGGESTIONS of vote-buying and trying to “purchase” a government — which he not only denies, but says will issue defamation proceedings over — Clive Palmer’s latest bolt-on additions to his Palmer...
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Shock Newspoll: The Danger Of Clive Palmer’s Queensland
A DISTURBING NEWSPOLL from Queensland has been released today, showing the ALP within striking distance of winning the state election due in the next nine months, and Newspoll’s findings — published in...
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Ill Portents: LNP Thumped In Stafford By-Election
THE BY-ELECTION in the Brisbane electorate of Stafford has seen a huge rebuff for Campbell Newman’s LNP state government; with a swing of almost 20%, Labor won on primary votes, more than reversing...
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Clive Palmer And His Gang Of One In Queensland
IN VEGAS (that’s BrisVegas) they do things differently; every disgruntled conservative with a hint of notoriety or a bucket of cash storms out of the Coalition tent — determined to bite the hand that...
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Palmer Palaver: In Queensland, Nothing Secedes…Like Queensland
HOT ON THE HEELS of endorsing his “Gang of One” to lead itself to the position of Premier of Queensland, Clive Palmer has come up with a new plan, which is actually a recycled version of a tired plan...
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Keeping Kate: Newman, LNP Set To Lose Ashgrove
CAMPBELL NEWMAN’S WORST NIGHTMARE emerged from a meeting of ALP members in Ashgrove yesterday, with the announcement that former member and Bligh government minister, Kate Jones, will recontest the...
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Abuse Of Process: Palmer Gets Senate Witch Hunt Against Newman
THE SENATE INQUIRY into Queensland’s LNP government called yesterday, at the behest of a Clive Palmer stooge and in cahoots with Labor and the Communist Party Greens, is an inexcusable abuse of...
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